"2nd International Conference on
“Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development” 
Citizen, Territory and Technologies: Smart Learning Contexts and Practices

June 22-23, 2017
University of Aveiro, Portugal
  
SLERD Conference website
(www.aslerd.org)
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The 2nd International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development aims at promoting reflection and discussion concerning R&D work, policies, case studies, entrepreneur experiences with a special focus on understanding how relevant are the smart learning ecosystems (schools, campus, working places, informal learning contexts, etc.) for regional development and social innovation and how the effectiveness of the relation of citizens and smart ecosystems can be boosted. This forum has a special interest in understanding how technology mediated instruments can foster the citizen’s engagement with learning ecosystems and territories, namely by understanding innovative human-centric design and development models/techniques, education/training practices, informal social learning, innovative citizen-driven policies, technology mediated experiences and their impact. This set of concerns will contribute to foster the social innovation sectors and ICT and economic development and deployment strategies alongside new policies for smarter proactive citizens.

The three main macro-topics of interest in SLERD 2017 concerning Smart Learning Ecosystems and their role in the development of smart cities and regions are: 

• understanding influences, relations and models
to include
- vision, strategies and processes
- interplay between formal and informal learning
- new educational models
- continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, process
- sharing & participatory practices
- use of public space & goods (services)
- dual education and other mixed educational approaches
- open access to any resource and disparity
- capacity building and social capital
- cultural influences
- monitoring and benchmarking of smartness of learning ecosystems
- orchestration: complexity and its government
- challenges by smart cities and regions to smart learning environments

• abilities, skills and competences
to include
- general frameworks 
- design, data and other relevant literacies
- relation with digital skills & competences
- strategies to foster acquisition included gamification: pedagogical, social challenges
- monitoring, evaluation and awareness
- literacies, skill and competences of smart citizens

• techno ecoystems
to include
- open & big data management and their application in education
- interoperability of data & services
- safety & security
- privacy
- trustability
- IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technological supports
- geolocalized information
- mediation role of technologies

The Conference is supported by ASLERD and organized by the University of Aveiro, Portugal and will feature: 
• Interactive paper presentations
• Round Tables 
• Interactive talks with regional authority on Smart City, smart citizens
• Competition on : Improving the Smartness of the Campus (reserved to undergraduated and post-graduated students)

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Important dates:
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• Deadline: February 24, 2017
• Notification to the authors: March 24, 2017
• Camera ready paper: April 21, 2017
• Conference: June 22-23, 2017

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Proceedings:
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Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Series
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
that will be indexed by SCOPUS, EI-Compendex and Springerlink

Extended version of selected papers will be also included in a special issue of IxD&A Journal (ISSN 1826-9745, e-ISSN 2283-2998): 
N.35 winter 2017
(indexed by SCOPUS and Emerging Sources of Web of Science) 

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Authors’ guidelines & link for submission
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The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .pdf format.
All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Authors are invited to submit 
• short papers (6-8 pages) and/or
• full papers (9-12 pages).